When Montezuma met Cortés : the true story of the meeting that changed history

Restall, Matthew, 1964- author.

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"On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction--the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas--has long been the symbol of Cortés's bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and...

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Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547

Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540

Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520

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ISBN:

9780062427267
0062427261

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xxxiii, 526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-508) and index

Contents:

Prologue: Invention
Mysterious kindness
No small amazement
Social grace and monstrous ritual
The empire in his hands
The greatest enterprises
Principal plunderers
The epic boxer
Without mercy or purpose
Epilogue: Halls of the Montezumas
Appendix: Language and label, cast and dynasty

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2379000

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